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Re: Abnormal Pap Smear, why do I wait three months for next?

From: Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 22 Dec 1999 21:23:36 -0600 (CST)

At Wed, 22 Dec 1999, Pam wrote: >
>My doctor's Office reported to me an abnormal pap smear. I was told to
>wait three months to repeat the pap smear, so the cervic could heal. Is
>the cervical area injured during the original pap?

No.

>Could not abnormal
>cells be cultured to identify their origin?

Need the exact reading on the pap to answer that.

>Why do I have to wait three
>months, when I feel it needs to be identified ASAP, for health as well
>as emotional wellbeing?

Get us the exact reading and this should be able to be answered. 

--
Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. FACOG, FACS
Great Neck, New York


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